skinnymuch

211 ms·

1. 2551.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   Another user, gok, has a point that if they were just doing ride sharing, they could possibly be break even or profitable. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21450647
2. 2552.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   There is a good chance suburban areas would not have ride sharing for a long time if that happened. All the alternatives popping up would be in cities and dense urban areas for a long time. Or if they get them, they might just be priced wor
3. 2553.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   Good thing most companies don’t do any stupid things compared to Microsoft! Or else this would have no relevance.
4. 2554.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   The OP wasn’t defending this specific model. Just having an alarm device in genera. So #2 isn’t the only alternative. Even something like an Alexa device is an alternative. where app is optional.
5. 2555.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   What does blue collar dev mean?
6. 2556.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   Wouldn’t people be comparing to their peers outside of work? Most people don’t get any Friday’s off. It would be pretty wild to start wanting Thursday off so much when no one else is getting Friday off.
7. 2557.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   So the same question for your company. Why is the only during the summer? A staggered every other Friday off has always been something I’ve hoped would become mainstream year round. It isn’t that progressive of a thing to enact since its st
8. 2558.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   If it was a website, maybe it can survive no matter what? But if they can get Google and Apple to take the app down in the US market, you effectively kill the app. I‘m sure some will sideload, but relatively speaking, it’ll be a small amt o
9. 2559.▲
   by skinnymuch 7y ago

   It’s not as black and white as you make it seem either. Oracle is not the same as other big tech companies. Is WeWork the same as other companies too?
10. 2560.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Think of all the “evil” or awfully run companies people will refer to. AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Oracle, Uber, WeWork, Amazon, Walmart, Monsanto, Phillip Morris, Halliburton, Goldman Sachs, 3 letter government agencies, or in general, ma
11. 2561.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    The one counter example by sibling commenter with the abuse protestors get is reprehensible. How do things like that not outweigh whatever minor inconveniences of disturbance are happening for the people you mention?
12. 2562.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Fake accounts makes it sound like some “thing”. Just using a couple of different accounts for most any public-ish big service is pretty par for the course. Not sure what “does someone use that approach” mean. I can just say Apple for sure d
13. 2563.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    I don’t think the Apple ID has to match what you’re signed in to on device. At least when using Impactor. Is the sign in account referring to App Store id or iCloud? I assume App Store.
14. 2564.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Isn’t it per Apple ID? Not limited to 3 per device.
15. 2565.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Was that a long time ago? I’m pretty sure it expires within 2-3 months now.
16. 2566.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    I think the knee jerk joke would be Twitter rarely has intelligent discussion too. Obviously that’s not true and I’m sure you follow people who discuss worthy things. But the toxic parts of Twitter are so bad, which is what most of it is, i
17. 2567.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Anecdotally, I’ve only seen or heard of one or two people in recent years use Netflix on a web browser and it being a regular thing for them. I’d expect the vast majority to be via TV or mobile devices.
18. 2568.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    I see. Interesting. I know WaPo used to do deals with Prime too. Even with that, NYT has to be much bigger and their profit is only around 2x Economists. Economist is pretty big in most metrics.
19. 2569.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Is WP WaPo or something else? WaPo went for only a few hundred million when sold. Economist around the same time was valued 3-5x more at $1B. Did WaPo turn things around that much? Economist is mostly owned by super rich elite families, so
20. 2570.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Sure. But like talked about above, sports teams are also usually bought by fans. It would be weird to state those purchases that way though.
21. 2571.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    The valuation of sports teams for the big 4 (and especially big 3 in terms of big numbers) has skyrocketed. It is quite possible from here on out that no NBA or MLB team will be sold for less than $1B total valuation. And no NFL team for un
22. 2572.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    They have many other expenses outside R&D. Their profit dropped 23% according to article. They were never doing $37B in profit a quarter.
23. 2573.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Really for anyone going deeper it isn’t good. I know someone who works on patterns amongst celebs. Basically celeb news, but geekier. They have complained similarly about not being able to drill down for specific words. They already know th
24. 2574.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Ah okay. I get incredibly anxious and my heart rate spikes during those times. But Series 1 or 2 (not sure which I have) has never reliably noticed. I might be getting Series 4 this year since they stopped manufacturing it. Will see how it
25. 2575.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    I’ll try to find which big article said it. I think it’s from WSJ or business insider if you’re interested where they were breaking down how silly and awful Vision Fund is for SoftBank. It said of the $9B already invested, only $3B is comin
26. 2576.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    I know your intent was to just say the acquisition could be huge. But I want to say anyway, in terms of ROI and being a blockbuster deal (returns being 11 or 12 figures), Instagram is possibly the best acquisition of all time. Booking.com i
27. 2577.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    The Saudis and Vision Fund didn’t lose much over this. Only $3B is from Vision Fund outside Softbank.
28. 2578.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    1500 steps is 15 min. I only check HN if I’m moving around on some mobile device. That’s 15 min right there.
29. 2579.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    That’s pretty crazy. Anecdotally and what I assumed was the case, everyone I’ve talked to has said the heart rate monitoring is pretty worthless. At least before the last 2 iterations. Maybe they’re better.
30. 2580.▲
    by skinnymuch 7y ago

    Yeah those FB people don’t go to other sites! /sarcasm